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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-13

u
LEVEL OF The sEA.
BosroS, october I3.-In May last Mr. Duther +.
Brooks OF the firm OF Brooks PIKE, diamond
merchants, came across petrined fish In oregon,
and purchased it OF a man who had just broughtit
down from the mountains 1ne nnder said III
came out OF a ledge on top OF a mountain near
Portland, about 3 coo feet above the level OF the
Sea The stone from which II was obtained came
OF IN layers AT the time Mr.. Brooks purchased it
the tail the fsh could be seen, and that was all
He set TO work removing the rock that covered the
remainder Of the fish lie worked carefully and
slowly Tor hours a day for six weeks and was re-
warded by obtaining fine specimen or petri-
ned nsh that l. DrUbably thousands OF years old.
Tne fish Is about l76 inches long and inches
through the widest or Lnickest part. The outlines
Of tue till are perfect and the small rib bones are
distinct as though they had just been placed
there. The upper and lower fms are also plainly
seen, and the head has Just retained its shape.
The yertebral column Is also clearly defined. The
stone proper Is OI light graytSh tint, forming
excellent relief OF background for the dark color
q the Dish IL Is not unlike our Goldfish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-13

WALTER p WILLIAMS Co. Auctioneers SALE
RACksf SWStNsRpHIMMNED STORES At MARINE BAR.
o0foBkE Pss7 Al Al T MEkNP SGiock
AM We shall SELL a. public auction quantity of con-
Se ea arucies such IS Cartridge Boxes, Musket
ann TSyonet Scs6bards. Swords. Waist Belts, KNAPP
pets Drums Crescents and straps swords Frogs Iron
SAFE. Desks. Chars, Stoves, Carpets Rugs. MATING
old Mail WAGON, &C. Terms. cash at .ue OF sale BY
corp WALTER WI WfLEHMs co anst o MsEps
THOMAS BOWLING, Aucuonesr.
ONE UPRIGHT BRADBURY PIANO, FINE PARLoR
Hnrnisare IN suites and separate pieces, French
Riate Mirroret Marble Top Tables 8 Folding ManteI
,cAstesoa, Engravings. Hair Mattresses, Walnut
N Nrns aop Chamber Suites Walnut Chamber
Furnitpre Once and Dinnins- room Furniture.
Brussels . and Ingram Carpets Cooking and Heating
SCasks Assorted Crockery.
At TWELVE O'CLOCK.
On sHoFses nGayriaScs Bgggies Wss1ns Be- 100,
N front & my auction rooms superior collection Of
nousenoio ana other personal property. o13-2t
GOVERNMENT SALE OF BUILDING AND
~ 0tner Material ct Pension Ofhce-On MONDAY
MORNING. OCTOBER SEvENT. ENTH. 1887, com.
mencing xt ZEN O'CLOCK, will sell At the Pension
bm!dlnE, ST., between 4th and 5th streets n. W..
lot Of Building and other Material not used in the
OF the building consisting in part of Bar
IRON Beams scrap Iron, Chains. Tern Gotta Sheath
ing ana other Tiles Buckets Barrows Moulded Bricks
Swo FIame ONCE BUILDINGS, store and Lime Houses,
scanold Poles and and DesAs, and other
DUNCANsON Bros Auctioneers. ol3-dts
RENSINaER Aro+,on.o.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-25

AIfmeats delivered from this market are thor
ougly chilled Immediately after killing by means
Of Beil-Coleman Patent Dry AIR Refrigerator
Meat Sc treated retains all It's juicy properties.
and IS GUARA STEED gro KEEP Logger
AFTEB DELIVERY TRAN FRESHLY
KILLED Mat, So n7-h
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WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO.,
Limited.
Limited.
STEAMER KINAU.
cLorenzen, commander,

Leaves Honolulu per following schedule
\ ouching at Lahaina Maaiaea, Maizena,, MANU-
kopa, KawaIhae Laupahoehoe. Hilo and ReauhCu:
Commencing on MONDAY July 26, 1888, and
on every alternate Monday at p. m, the Kinau
will make the VOLCANO TRIP, reaching Keau-
hon on Wednesday morning, where horses and
carriages are in waiting to convey passengers to
the VOLCANO HOUSE Give miles in the saddle
and nine miles by carriage).
Passengers by this route will nave two days
and two nights at the VOLCANO HOUSE.
TICKETS FOR THE ROUND TRIP TO THE
VOLCANO, FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICH PAYS
ALL CHARGES.
The Kinau will arrive in Honolulu Sunday
mornings Volcano trips. On Hilo trips, vii
leave Honolulu Tuesdays, and return Saturday
morning
PASSENGER TRAINS will connect with the
Kinau at Mahukona
The KinaG WILL TOUCH at Honokaia and
Paauhau down trips from Hilo for Passengers
If a signal is made from the shore.
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w ID. TAYLOR. go. FIeslueht
JOS. MOORE. .Superlntehaeh NJ
BUILDERS OF STEAM MACHINERY, IN ALL
ID it's branches; Steamboat, 3teamship, Land
Engines and Boilers, High Pressure or COM
pound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built complete
with halls of wood, iron or composite
ORDINARY ENGINES Compounded when ad-
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges I'd Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference 20 the trade in which
thev are to be employed. Speed. tonnage ana
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machinery
made after the most approved plans. Also,tall
Boiler Iron Work connected herewith
WATER PIPE, of Boiler or 81 oet Iron, of any
size. made in suitable lengths for connecting
toge Ell, or Sheets Itolled, Punched and Packed
for S. tpment ready 20 De Yiveted on the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and
Water Pipes made by shis establishment. riv-
eted by hydraulic riveting machinery, that
quality of work being far superior to hand
Work.
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE AGENTS and manufacturers for 1.-THE Pa
ciie Coast of the Heme Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for irrigation or
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve Motion, superior to any other
pump.
]. n. S. WILLIAMS. ................-..H Honolulu
Room No. 3, upstairs, SpreckeIs Block,
551mar I2d&wff Agent for Hawaiian Islands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
FAT HALF-MAST.
The Loyal Leaguers' Hopes
Knocked ColIey West.
rHE MEASURE IS AGREED on.
,.,osos King Caleb and DisaPpoints
Many - Some Objectionable
Features Knocked Out.
They Have Agree d

special to TIE HERALD.
WAsHrseroN, February 12.-My teie-
cram Of last night was based upon
+,rk with Mr.. Hammond (Georgia), the
Gentleman appointed to fill the place
y, The conference committee OF Mr.
Tucker who was Unexpectedly called
avav to attend the funeral OF his mar
rcd daughter in Mississippi. Mr..
u.,omoud spoke freely, and said that
~ decision had yet been reached upon
tbs hill as a whole. This morning The
-uvp.tD correspondent, upon reading
-bs Associated Press dispatches in re-
,,,d n the action of the committee
mon the oil, made it his duty, accom-
nanied oy half a dozen most reputable
man in the press gallery, to find out the
-aoI ststrs of fairs. The result of our
labors I'D to the present hour is simply
this. In conversation with Taylor and
Collins of the House and Pugh of the
ssnste learn that the whole bill has
been discussed and that the only thing
now Is 10 make out a report
from the notes upon the votes
taken upon eysry section to pre-
sent to the SeEate. I am told some
very material changes in the bill have
been made, but just what they are l
cannot s8y until later on. 1t is abso-
Iusely certain the bill will bereported to
the Senate il some shape early next
week. Debate may ensue. The bill
may reach the White House, when the
Presidents action thereon will have to
be awaited.
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Baby ApacheS

Leaning against wagons and buildings
are dozens of little baskets with baby
Apaches sucking their fists therein. The
Baskets are of regular Indian style, and
the poor babies are strapped and laced
into THEN tight and snug, nothing
showing but the round chubby faces
and two tiny fists. SOme squaWs hang
their baskets to the saddle horn because
IL they are left standing on the ground.
the dogs so round aad lick the babies
faces, much to the discomfort of the
little ones. One rather frisky pony,
with baby on the .8orn of his saddle,
wanders from the bunch, and is imme|
dlatsly surrounded by a crowd of dogs.
Their barking starts him 10 trot and
wish shrek, the mother Tushe5 from
hef place IN the Inc to catch him. But
the pony doesn'3 want to be caught and
from trOt tuT2s TO ruiz. and away be
gotS-the basket, fappisg on his side.
only making him run the harder. No
one seems 10 be sorry for The poor
baby whose yells are drowned in the
general burst of laughter that goes up,
Finally the strap that holds the basket
breaks-down comes poor baby. thump,
TO the ground, face down, and the pony,
alter runniDg few more rods. is caught
by boy; while the d strscted mott ere
picks up her unfortunate infant, alid
Immediately unlacing the deerskin
cover. takes it out to assure herself il is
sound in body after its rather risky Tds
a d fall Overland MONTHLY,
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SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10. 1887 H.

mails to Brazil, the Argentine Republic,
and the republics Of Ufaguay and Para
quay and other Central and South
American republics, $500, 900; and the
Postmaster-General is authorized to
make, after due advertisements for the
propo ais, such contracts with the
American steamship companies for
term of not less than five years, and the
rate of compensation not exceeding, for
each outward trip, 81 per nautical
mile OF the distance IL the most
direct and feasible sailing course be
tween the terminal points, as shall be
found expedient and desirable to secure
the ends above set forth, but every such
contract shall be subject to DE modified
or annulled by an act of Congress. One
OF the lines of the steamships to carry
the mails provided for in this act shall
be required to sail to aud from a seaport
on the Gulf OF Mexico or Mississippi
River"
After an executive session the Senate
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HOUSE.

After taking up the trade dollar bill
Langham (Texas) presenting the report
of the minority committee on coinage,
weights and measures offered an
amendment providing that within six
months after the passage of the act,
trade dollars, not mutilated or defaced
shall be received at their face value, in
payment of all dues to the United
States; that any holder of trade dollars
may exchange the same for standard
silver dollars or. subsidiary coins, and
that the trade dollars received by the
treasury, either in payment or
exchange, shall be received for
or reeoined into the standard silver
collar, or subsidiary coin at the option
of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Warner (Ohio) offered an amend
ment providing specifically that the re-
coinage of the silver dollar shall not be
part of the silver dollars required to
be purchased monthly and coined into
standard silver dollars aIs -rr
Mr.. Langhami accepted the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Warner, !. and mod =
flied his own accordingly. The amend
ment as so modified was agreed to-127
to SO, and the bill, as so amended, was
passed--174 to &C.. 10 auta .-g
AS passed, the bill 'pl Divides in its first
section that for the period of six
months after the passage of the act the
trade dollars, if not 9efaced, mutilated
or stamped, shall be received at their
face value in payment of all dues to the
United States and shall not again be
paid out or by any other means issued.
Section 2 provides that during he above
period, the holder of the trade dollars,
not mutilated. defaced or stamped may
receive In exchange on presentation of
the same at the Treasury, or any sub
treasury, like amount of value, IN dollar
for dollar in standard silver dollars or
in subsidiary silver coin, at the opt on
of the holder. Section 3 directs that
the trade dollars received by the COY
ernmen: in the payment of dues or in
exchanges shall not be paid out, but
shall be recoiEed into standard silver
dollars, or subsidiary coin at the dis
erection of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, provided that the recoinage of the
trade dollar recoined under this act
shall not be considered as part of the
silver bullion required to be purchased
and coined into standard dollars, as re-
CURED by the act of February %, 1878.
Section repeats all the. laws
al thorizing the coinage and issuance of
trade dollars.
The House then went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Blount Georgia. in
the chair, on the diplomatic and con
sular appropriations. .,.
Adjourned
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The Features Omitted.
WASHINGTON, February u

W Ash lNGIONi TSDl udky La
Special to the Ecw8.
The conference committee have
agreed to report the Tucker bill, with
the following changes:
Section nineteen OF the Senate bill is
adopted in lieu of section nine of the
House oil.
Sections eleven and thirteen of the
House Dill are stricken out.
Section sixteen of the Senate bill is
substituted for section sixteen of the
House bill.
Section seventeen of the House bill is
stricken out.
There are important verbal altera-
tons in section eighteen, and the pro-
7isO is stricken out.
The last clause Of section twenty-five
IS stricken out.
In section twenty-three the Commits
Sloners are substituted for the United
states Marshal in the fifth line.
The wording of the test oath in Sec
uon twenty-five is somewhat changed,
but remains substantially the same.
All OF sections twenty-siX and TWENTY
seven are stricken out, except that the
resident appoints all probate judges.
me territorial law respecting all
otner othcers remains unch nged, ex-
cept that the Commissioner of Schools
provided for in section twenty-eight is
appointed by the Supreme Court of the
Territory.
It's difficult to obtain the alterations
III III detail but the above will be found
substantially correct. a
Inc bill, even with the above vital
changes, Is hard one for the Mormon
Notwithstanding Caleb's ardent lob
oying' be gets none of the coveted pap.
another meeting will be held early
next week to perfect the bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
= very Disastrous Fire.

AUGUSTA, Ga, February ia ter
rible fire is raging here. The town is
lit up for mile and half. and every
body is wild with excitement. The fire
department is powerless to check the
flames and most disastrous burning
is predicted.
The fire is now under control. The
Masonic building. Opera House and the
large stores of Daily & Armstrong and
Bailie & Casker are totally destroyed.
The Globe Hotel, Central Hotel, and
the stores of J. B. White Il: Co. are
badly damaged. Mrs. Bowers and her
company lost their wardrobe in the
Opera House. The fire is still burning,
but there is no apprehension of further
damage. Several small stores were de-
strOyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
To Fill a Long Felt want

ST. PAUL, February 12:-Vice-Presi-
dent Cakes and Superintendent of the
motive power. Cushing, of the North
ern Pacific, are having built at the COM
pany's shops an experimental iron car
intended to supply heat, light and pure
water to the passenger trains. The car
is to Immediately follow the engine.
Details of the manner of heating etc..
are. not announced, but the inventor
intends to continue experimenting
until practical success is attained. ~.
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The 9Iiohig u FIoods

DETSogT February 12-Tba RISING
waters at Lyons shut out all comnTi n!7
r "a with the outside world bv wire
.srs. . S's.'ng Journal correspondent
on T- fbe me ne, following special from Muir
place S SPpOsl Ie side of the river, that
route: Tbss 8 {eaShed by circuitous
~ siilg foot an hour "A u1 ss Ine W SaJ
e Jam Thirty feet ab9v worn IN nj i I3Fm-
ing vitb ~, -o; fver to leave its bed rush
ness p 1cT tHi,iEhty force through the bust
Ting he et soTe { OF lyons, sweeping every
carried aws S II, sr twenty buildings we're
5 rUied from their foun5s aiy more G were
ic s'i o fronts, also wer e bro.,o sersl
he S b3d. floating timber. pSo noIi;n IN BY ~
anu went down with the ice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
The War Cloud.

ROME, February 12.-OpiniOni says:
King Humbert asked Count Di Robilant
Minister of Foreign Affairs in the late
Cabinet, to form new ministry, 1t is
not believed he will accept; it is thought
more probable that Depretis, Prime
Minister, retiring, the government will
finally be entrusted with the task
OpiniOni advocates the construction of s
Cabinet, which shall have for its three
most important members, Depretis, Di
Robilant and Di Rubin, vice-president
OF the Chamber of Deputies. The
Italian press generally violently attack
Dl Robilant and find plenty of stimulus
IN the articles published in the German
and Austrian papers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
ASTONISHING INFORMATION.

BY Associated Pressl.
" ASHINGTON, D. c., February 12.-It
Is learned that the section of the anti
FoIygamy bill passed by the House.
which excludes from the registration
. :,sts the names of all persons who re-
IS,Se 70 'ake an oath to obey the
E1muLds act, has been made nnnb
stronger by the conferees. In its its
present shape, the section excludes
from legtstration those who refnse 0 70
sc.,P The law of 1882, (the Edmdnds
, aC,l or this amendatorv act or who
practice, aid, abet, or ayow 49, 10
sGSotygamy. The conferees in adding
.-sse restrictions to the original hi
, were animated by q desire to nTeve en-
ny --y 'r esaae.,ouTagement and susteRance OF
.sl- =, l,ay by persons who keen within
.-s letter Of the law bv refrsinipg So
, ,-s P:aeuoe of polygamy, while 6pe6iv
'N5 -1elr belief in the doctrine.
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a ReYelatlon

among the butchers. A stampede in
beef circles. Beef, mutton and pork
for cash ty. Porterhouse and tender
loln steak, l2H cents per pound prime
roast l2H cents per pound; round
steak, 8 cents per pound; chuck steak,
cents per pound; boiling beef, 6 cents
per pound; loin and legs OF mutton, s
cents per pound; chops, s cents per
pound; breasts and necks of mutton, 5
cents per pound; pork chops, s cents
per pound; pork rossts and sausage, S
cents per pound. On all of the above
special reduction for cash only, without
delivery.
By 6. D. AMOS, Butcher,
Cor. Third South and Main Streets.
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THE TR1UHBH OF GOVERNMENT.

lis now estimated that they will lose
twenty seats to- the Conservatives. The
Socialists maintain an unbroken- front
and bold their own. The prospect is
that there will be slight gaIrs for
government candidates in SIX Berlin
circles.
1t is reported that Prince Bismarck
is not-incHned 10 favor the Emperor
issuing an electoral manifesto, trusting
that success is assured, without the
Emperor's being pledged to the assur-
ances of peace OF the threatenings o.
war. FFa
Z The Naohficbte,l Zeitwng states that
large quantities of materials for the
construction of French barracks passed
the frontier of Alsace. Between
January go and February 5, 800
and seven truck loads of beams end
planks have been sent to France.
The North German Gazette saws that
since. General BouIanger assumed
charge OF the war office not a day has
passed without measures being taken to
augment the offensive strength Of the
French army.
TEE PATRIOTIC ATTITUDE
of the French CHAMBER Of Deputies and
the French, press towards the credits
General Boulanger considers necessary
ought to cover with, shame the Pro-
gressist ands Catholic parties in Ger
many whioR, when, the glorious
creator Of German unity declares that
the sacrifice he asks from the nation
has no other aim than peace, refuse
nlm the ne Jssary means TO defend the
frontiers OF FatherlaEd.
Baden adVices report increasing arri-
Vals OF relDforcem enss at SaarbrCck. A,
regiment OF cavalry has been billeted
upon the inhabitants, at Brisack, four
batteries of artillery have been sta
toned. There is
4 A CONSTANT MOVE og TROOPS
Metz and posts on the frontier
of Nuremberg. AM order from the
war office instructs- the men who ana
being drilled in the use Of the reteat-
ng rifle TO vigorously watch that their
munitions are not sQnandered through
The facile discharged the weapon. The
order further says that the repeating
magazine rife is only to be used
when the enemy is at distance osfrom
'OJ to 80Csmetres; n the case of ca7a,ry
1t 300 metres, and officers Of the
tr1lling reserves are instructed to
BRING. tie men to- close quarters, 5aseTe
them to use the rifles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
BAGGAGEMAN WATTS.
Il is Held on the Charge of Murder
ing the Messenger.

CHICAGO, February 12.-Inter-O Ocean
special from Morris, ILL.,. says: Newton
Watts, the baggageman, is held not
merely as an accessory to the Rock
Island train robbery. He is directly
charged with being the assassin of
Kellogg Nichols, the express messenger
This afternoon the States attorney filed
information against Watts as having
committed the murder by striking
Nichols upon the head with an iron rod,
which had been in use as a. poker. II
was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
To Oppose the Bill.

San FRANCISCO, Cal, February r.
A concurrent resolution has been
adopted by the Legislature requesting
the California Congressional delegation
to oppose the bills pending in Congress
fUr the consolidation of the Surveyors
general offices into one general office at
Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
UPON THIS INFORMATION

that the writ was issued which trans
ferred Watts from the care of the de-
tectives to the custody of the sheriff.
The preliminary examination OF Watts
is set for next Friday. One of his
brothers was here to-day, with Brake
man Schwartz, the attorney, having an
intefView with both Schwartz and
Watts. The two prisoners declared in
the most empha tic manner that neither
Watts nor Schwartz had said anything
to detectives, Schwartz. or any one else,
which in the least inculpates themselves
or any one else.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-13
A Gold Spell.

F|{rif2HrcAGo, February 1.-THE mercury
,(sepped to zero last night and it is very
cold throughout the northwest. TIE,
telegraph wires both east and west are
down, owing to the heavy coating of
frozen elect, and telegraph commuEi-
cation in all directions is seriously de
layed. ...
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Knights Headquarters.

PHILADELPHIA, February 12.-The
Knights Of Labor have purchased prop
erty on North Bond Street, for $50, 0OO,
and 1t will be fitted uD with offices to
be occupied as general headquarters of
the order Of the United States and
Canada.